International New York police leader charged with bribery over school alert system scheme Kevin Taylor allegedly accepted trips and lavish dinners for help in selling a ‘mobile panic alert system’ to city schoolsA New York police leader tasked with protecting the city’s schoolchildren allegedly accepted bribes to help a businessman sell his “mobile panic alert system” to schools in 2023, Manhattan federal prosecutors have alleged.Kevin Taylor, former commanding officer of the New York police department’s school safety division, “repeatedly abused his authority and […] todayFebruary 13, 2026 1
International ICE plans to spend $38.3bn converting warehouses to detention centers, documents show, as DHS shutdown looms – US politics live Centers would have capacity for tens of thousands of people to be held; talks over funding bill stall hours before shutdown The annual rate of US inflation eased in January, according to the latest data consumer price index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Over the last 12 months, the cost of goods has increased by 2.4% – down from 2.7% in last month’s report.Lawmakers in the House and […] todayFebruary 13, 2026 1
International NGOs sound alarm as foreign families flee camp holding suspected IS members Annexe holding 6,000 women and children is now mostly empty, raising security and humanitarian concernsMost of the foreign families of suspected Islamic State fighters have left al-Hawl camp since the Syrian government took control of the facility, prompting security and humanitarian concerns over their whereabouts.About 6,000 women and children from 42 different countries were previously held in the foreigners’ annexe of al-Hawl camp in north-east Syria, which housed some of […] todayFebruary 13, 2026
International US ‘not powerful enough to go it alone’, Merz tells Munich conference German chancellor rebuts idea of American unilateralism and says ‘democracies have partners and allies’The US acting alone has reached the limits of its power and may already have lost its role as global leader, Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, warned Donald Trump at the opening of the Munich Security Conference.Merz also disclosed he had held initial talks with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, over the possibility of joining France’s nuclear […] todayFebruary 13, 2026
International Ebo Taylor obituary Ghanaian guitarist, arranger, singer-songwriter and cult hero who rose to fame outside Africa only late in life Ebo Taylor, who has died aged 90, was one of the great innovators of west African music, a Ghanaian guitarist, arranger and singer-songwriter who never received the fame he deserved outside Africa until late in life, by when he had become a much-sampled cult hero. It was only in 2010, when he was […] todayFebruary 13, 2026
International Israeli settlers injure at least 54 Palestinians in West Bank attacks Latest attacks come amid a widely condemned Israeli push to cement control over the occupied Palestinian territory.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article todayFebruary 13, 2026
International Mass burial for dozens of Palestinians who couldn’t be identified Health officials have buried the bodies of 53 unidentified Palestinians and dozens of organs and remains.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article todayFebruary 13, 2026
International Who is Tarique Rahman, the man set to become Bangladesh prime minister? The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has secured a historic majority in the first election since PM Sheikh Hasina was oustedSource: www.aljazeera.comRead full article todayFebruary 13, 2026
International Trump pardons 5 former NFL players ranging from perjury to drug trafficking Ex-NFL players Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon are all granted clemency.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article todayFebruary 13, 2026
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